Middle School English Language Arts Instructional Guide

End of Unit Writing Competency Example

District-Wide Formative Assessment

●​ Sample Multi-Genre Assignment ●​ Informative Writing Rubric ●​ Argument Writing Rubric

RISE Benchmark Window (DWSBA)

Winter 2 - Informative 1

Feb. 10th - March 7th

Scaffolds General

●​ CSD Middle School ELA Resource Hub and Community

●​ On-Demand Writing Progression for an Extended Response ●​ Multigenre Mapper Tool ●​ NCTE Position Statement - Understanding and Teaching Writing: Guiding Principles ●​ Learning Through Writing Strategies

Writing

●​ Text Annotation ●​ Guiding Questioning ●​ Close Reading Route ●​ The Three Phases of the Critical Reading Process ●​ Think-Alouds and Structured Dialogue

Reading

●​ Text-Dependent Questions ●​ Accessing Complex Texts

●​ Structured Academic Discussions ●​ The Big List of Discussion Strategies (Cult of Pedagogy)

Speaking and Listening

●​ Student Ted Talk ●​ Narrative Journalism ●​ Create an infographic, podcast, profile, turning point essay, proposal, photo essay ●​ Submit to school’s newspaper or literary journal ●​ Turn it into an OpEd and submit to the local newspaper ●​ Submit for publication: learn how to write a query letter , research publications for submissions, submit essay or narrative for publication ​ ​

Extensions

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